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World Class Upgrade for Hay Cemetery

World Class Upgrade for Hay Cemetery

By Tertia Butcher Council’s Public Cemeteries Policy is being amended to reflect changes in the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013 No 105 and its regulations. Council said the policy amendments also include a variety of other issues that staff has faced in the past five years. These include parking

Booligal’s St Alban’s Church decommissioned

Booligal’s St Alban’s Church decommissioned

St Alban’s Church in Booligal has been de-commissioned as an Anglican church. The service took place last Thursday by Archdeacon Robert Murphy, assisted by Riverina Diocese Registrar, Mandy Walsh and witnessed by parishioners Helen Rogers, Alison Crossley, Bronwyn Turner and Jenny Sheaffe. “It was with profound disappointment we attended

Grazier takes out national award

BY TERTIA BUTCHER An article by Krista Schade described as a powerful and courageous piece of journalism has won a national award. Australia’s largest association of independent news publishers acknowledged the very best of the best at the Country Press Australia national awards in Adelaide last month, with The

The story behind the WW1 handkerchief

The story behind the WW1 handkerchief

BY TERTIA BUTCHER A handkerchief issued during the First World War has made its way to Hay, in pristine condition. It belongs to Brian Cunningham of Gunbar who initially offered it to the War Memorial in Canberra, but decided to keep it in the family. The handkerchief was issued to

Hay at the forefront of evolutionary pool safety

Hay at the forefront of evolutionary pool safety

By Tertia Butcher Hay Shire Council has embraced evolutionary AI (Artificial Intelligence) to take the new John Houston Memorial Pool to the next level of drowning prevention with advanced pool safety. The new pool will include the Lynxight system which uses cloud-based AI software to analyse swimmer behaviour via standard

AFF scholarship awarded, as new grower rep joins the Hay Gin team - “It’s good to be back”

AFF scholarship awarded, as new grower rep joins the Hay Gin team - “It’s good to be back”

The Australian Food and Fibre (AFF) tertiary scholarship has been described as ‘life-changing’ by local teacher and mother of two of the recipients, Sherelle Shea. Former Hay War Memorial High School captain, Lucy Shea is the 2025 scholarship winner and will be studying primary teaching at CSU Wagga. Lucy will

Booligal buys back it’s church

Booligal buys back it’s church

By Tertia Butcher Financial support is sought to help the community of Booligal retain their beloved St Alban’s Church building. “The community is thrilled to announce that the Diocese has accepted our offer to purchase St Alban’s,” spokesperson Alison Crossley said. “St Alban’s Church will come under